CD: So7

(8 Pages)
« First
←
6
7
8

You cannot start a new topic
You cannot reply to this topic

CD: So7 From the old forum Rate Topic:

#351 cberen1

Elite Member

Group: Members
Posts: 848
Joined: 23-June 04
Location:Fort Worth

Posted 19 August 2009 - 06:43 AM

QUOTE (bgking96 @ Aug 18 2009, 07:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Speaking of road confusion, I miss the days when cities painted lane lines on the streets and at the cross walk where the traffic light is and drivers actually knew where to stop. AND KEPT THEM PAINTED every couple of years. But I also remember when my dad use to get "tubblers" with a "fill-up" and towels use to come in boxes of "Duzz Laundry Detergent". Could bring it back and call it iDuzz and put free iTunes gift cards in the box!

Speaking of painted lanes. What was the verdict on the pedestrian cross-walk design out in front of the Fort Worth Club on 7th (heat pressed matrix design, filled with a white rubbery material)? Won't work on concrete, but I thought it looked really neat.

Also, speaking of itunes, hear about the exploding iPods and iPhones in Europe?

#352 tjh1

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 114
Joined: 10-November 06
Gender:Male

Posted 05 December 2009 - 11:21 PM

I went to the So7 website and noticed that Chuy's is listed as "Coming soon!"
http://www.so7fortworth.com/retail/shops-so7/

It also lists So7 Bistro as "Coming soon!" with a projected opening in early 2010.

#353 texastrill

Advanced Member

Group: Members
Posts: 365
Joined: 20-July 06
Location:EFW

Posted 07 December 2009 - 08:31 AM

QUOTE (tjh1 @ Dec 6 2009, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Do you think its Chuy's of FW fame?Or the Chuy's I see in Austin?

T E X A S T R I L L - G O C O W B O Y S

#354 jefffwd

Skyscraper Member

Group: Members
Posts: 1,140
Joined: 14-April 04
Gender:Male
Location:Fort Worth

Posted 07 December 2009 - 09:59 AM

QUOTE (texastrill @ Dec 7 2009, 09:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (tjh1 @ Dec 6 2009, 12:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Do you think its Chuy's of FW fame?Or the Chuy's I see in Austin?

It is the Chuy's from Austin... I emaied them and asked a coupple weeks ago. They currently have three locations in D/FW in Dallas, Plano & Arlington.

#355 txsloth

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 128
Joined: 25-September 07
Gender:Male
Location:Lubbock (the Fort on weekends)

Posted 07 December 2009 - 04:34 PM

QUOTE (tjh1 @ Dec 5 2009, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

St. Emilion was once listed as a future So7 tenant...guess this means they're staying put?

#356 tjh1

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 114
Joined: 10-November 06
Gender:Male

Posted 07 December 2009 - 04:44 PM

QUOTE (txsloth @ Dec 7 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (tjh1 @ Dec 5 2009, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

St. Emilion was once listed as a future So7 tenant...guess this means they're staying put?

I wondered that too.
The So7 website describes So7 Bistro as a French restaurant. Does anyone know if this is the same as St. Emilion and they are just changing their name (if so, i like the "St. Emilion" name better) or if they are adding another concept (doubtful, considering how close they are to each other)? However, if this is an unrelated restaurant venture, it will be nice to have more options for French food; though I love St. Emilion.

#357 txsloth

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 128
Joined: 25-September 07
Gender:Male
Location:Lubbock (the Fort on weekends)

Posted 07 December 2009 - 06:52 PM

QUOTE (tjh1 @ Dec 7 2009, 04:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (txsloth @ Dec 7 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (tjh1 @ Dec 5 2009, 11:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

St. Emilion was once listed as a future So7 tenant...guess this means they're staying put?

I think they're unrelated. From the So7 website, the new Bistro belongs to Dallas restrauteur, Jean Michel Sakouhi. St. Emilion is locally owned.

#358 Prairie Pup

Surrounding Cities Moderator

Group: Moderators
Posts: 965
Joined: 11-April 04
Location:Haltom City

Posted 26 December 2009 - 08:29 AM

Whew, looks like a close scrape on one of the premier new developments in Fort Worth. Too bad that local financing for projects like this isn't available, or competitive.

So7 Partners Expect to Complete Refinancing Next Week

By SANDRA BAKER

sabaker@star-telegram.com

The developer of the So7 residential, office and retail community just west of downtown Fort Worth expects to complete refinancing next week that will keep the development out of foreclosure and allow it to begin leasing residential units once planned as condos.

The refinancing will also spark leasing by several restaurants, including Chuy’s, the popular Austin-based Tex-Mex chain that is expanding in the Metroplex, the developer said.

Jorge Mast, a partner in the project of Dallas-based Hughes Development, said Thursday that Hughes has been negotiating with its lender, Capital Source Bank in Washington, D.C., for eight months to change loan terms. The partners expected the deal to be closed by Thursday, but the holidays pushed the date back, Mast said.

In the meantime, Capital posted the note for foreclosure for a Jan. 5 auction. It involves only the front portion of the development along West Seventh Street. That section has four buildings on 6.5 acres and totals nearly 226,000 square feet. Two buildings have 71 condos that were completed in May, a third is an office building with street-level retail space and a fourth is for shops and restaurants.

"I’d be very surprised if it fell apart," Mast said of the refinancing.

He said that his group wanted to begin leasing the units several months ago but that the lender wouldn’t allow it because that would have been a significant change in the business plan and would have required new loan documents.

The change was triggered because new studies by the partners showed that the market didn’t need more condos, Mast said.

Complete S-T story at http://www.star-telegram.com/local/story/1853778.html

#359 Fort Worthology

Skyscraper Member

Group: Members
Posts: 2,295
Joined: 02-February 06
Gender:Male

Posted 15 January 2010 - 08:45 AM

So7 Bistro's location spotted:

Fort Worthology | Hello Panther
"I'll probably be some kind of scientist,
building inventions in my space lab in space."

#360 Thurman52

Elite Member

Group: Members
Posts: 838
Joined: 05-April 04
Gender:Male
Location:Ridglea Hills

Posted 06 February 2010 - 01:58 PM

Looks like they got their funding b/c they have been working on the project again.

#361 tjh1

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 114
Joined: 10-November 06
Gender:Male

Posted 28 April 2010 - 04:14 PM

Interesting article+video about So7 from NBC-5 News on April 21, 2010
http://www.nbcdfw.com/around-town/real-est...7-91756524.html

So7 Is So in Demand
By ASHANTI BLAIZE

The stretch of West Seventh Street between downtown Fort Worth and the Museum District is coming to life.
The So7 development on West Seventh Street at Museum Way is celebrating its grand opening on Thursday.
"We have townhouses, condominiums, for-rent apartments above retail, a hotel and senior housing," said Zachary Porter, vice president of Hughes Development.
The developers aimed to create a place for residents to live, work and play.
"You can go to the grocery store across the street, walk down to the movie theater or health club and enjoy Trinity Park," Porter said.
So7 has already rented out a lot of the apartments and sold some of the townhouses and condos in the development.
And people who don't live in the area, such as Katie Smith of Lake Worth, are willing to make the trip just to check out all the buzz.
"Like the Movie Tavern and all the new restaurants, it's just a lot more variety now," she said.
Restaurant owners in the area said it's exciting to watch the neighborhood come to life.
"I've been in the restaurant business for a long time," said Jean Michel Sakouhi, owner of So7 Bistro. "I've known this place. There was nothing around here, and I saw it grow, and it is the most wonderful thing that could happen to Fort Worth."
He said it took a little vision and a lot of hope to make his part of West Seventh Street what it is today.
"(In) July of 2007, I signed the lease without seeing anything," Sakouhi said.

#362 Volare

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 86
Joined: 02-April 09
Gender:Male
Location:Oakhurst, Fort Worth, TX
Interests:running, cycling, geocaching, photography, gardening, hunting, fishing...

Posted 28 April 2010 - 10:55 PM

I was over at Fort Worth RunCo the other day to pick up my packet for the zoo run and I have to say, I really fear for their survival in that location. There is so little parking in So7 that when an event like packet pick-up occurs and several hundred cars descend on the place over a few days time there is really nowhere to park. That coupled with the fact that the store seems about half the size of their old CB location, I really have to wonder what they were thinking. Anyone in a vehicle that experiences that frustration and then gets to choose between going there or to Luke's across the street with plenty-o-parking to grab some running gear will have an easy choice. I really think all the retail in So7 is gonna have a lot of trouble compared to the West 7th development with their integrated structural parking.

#363 Fort Worthology

Skyscraper Member

Group: Members
Posts: 2,295
Joined: 02-February 06
Gender:Male

Posted 29 April 2010 - 07:18 AM

QUOTE (Volare @ Apr 28 2010, 11:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I really think all the retail in So7 is gonna have a lot of trouble compared to the West 7th development with their integrated structural parking.

There is an underground garage at So7, accessed from Stayton/Museum Way.

Fort Worthology | Hello Panther
"I'll probably be some kind of scientist,
building inventions in my space lab in space."

#364 Volare

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 86
Joined: 02-April 09
Gender:Male
Location:Oakhurst, Fort Worth, TX
Interests:running, cycling, geocaching, photography, gardening, hunting, fishing...

Posted 29 April 2010 - 08:07 AM

Ah, I have found what you are referring to now- thanks! Is that open to the public? Never would have found that after turning into the complex right at the corner of FW Runco!

#365 tjh1

Member

Group: Members
Posts: 114
Joined: 10-November 06
Gender:Male

Posted 29 April 2010 - 10:30 AM

QUOTE (Volare @ Apr 28 2010, 11:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

That coupled with the fact that the store seems about half the size of their old CB location, I really have to wonder what they were thinking. Anyone in a vehicle that experiences that frustration and then gets to choose between going there or to Luke's across the street with plenty-o-parking to grab some running gear will have an easy choice.

I don't think that Fort Worth Running Co's business will be hurt by their new location. IMO, Luke's already had an advantageous location before both companies relocated to West 7th Street. FW Run Co's Camp Bowie location always struck me as being somewhat far removed and having little visibility from the street. I think that what has made them successful is that they have a very loyal customer base and believe that their clientele will follow them to their new location. If anything, I think that their new, more centralized location, and increased street visibility will attract more people to the store. Also, they are adjacent to Trinity Park, which is a popular running location. I am optimistic that both Luke's & FW Run Co. can thrive in their new locations.

#366 fwrunco

Newcomer

Group: Members
Posts: 2
Joined: 08-August 08

Posted 29 April 2010 - 07:06 PM

QUOTE

If anything, I think that their new, more centralized location, and increased street visibility will attract more people to the store. Also, they are adjacent to Trinity Park, which is a popular running location. I am optimistic that both Luke's & FW Run Co. can thrive in their new locations.

I like the way you think! To add, there is a new parking lot being built between Love Shack and the Residence Inn right now which will help once Chuy's gets moved in. So far, parking hasn't been an issue but I agree I wish there were more. I'm not worried too much about it affecting our business but that could change if more retail moves in.